of dwellings on a single lot. Except for permitted apartments in single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings , multifamily dwellings and manufactured home parks where permitted, no more than one dwelling unit may be permitted on a lot or
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The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Amherst’s own text settles what this covers.
To these ends, development is limited to concentrations of medium density single- and two-family dwellings . (b) *Permitted uses.* Within this district, uses permitted are designated by a "P" in the column for this district in the
Read it in the chapter →permitted, subject to the approval of the town council: 1. Single-family dwellings. 2. Two-family dwellings . 3. Multifamily dwellings. 4. Townhouses. 5. Condominiums. 6. Commercial uses (including retail shops, specialty shops, convenience/grocery stores). 7. Automobile service stations
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